Gotthard and Gage's Great Poll

Discussion in 'General' started by Gage, Feb 6, 2009.

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Which Year of WWII do you find the most interesting?

  1. 1939

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. 1940

    3.1%
  3. 1941

    16.0%
  4. 1942

    9.2%
  5. 1943

    14.5%
  6. 1944

    9.2%
  7. 1945

    48.1%
  1. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

  2. cally

    cally Picture Prince.

    I`m with Gage in that 1940 has to be the most interesting year.

    So much happened from the point of view of Britain - Battle of Norway , Battle of France and Blitzkreig, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Blitz on London, Desert War, etc etc!!

    1940 was really the peak of "British involvement" in the War - 1941 saw the emphasis move away to the German/Russian theatre and the following year it became truly a world war with the addition of the USA and Japan...
     
  3. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    What 19 bleeping 40! The War hadn't even started in 1940! :icon-mrgreenbandit:
     
  4. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    What 19 bleeping 40! The War hadn't even started in 1940! :icon-mrgreenbandit:
    :lol: Yes it had!! The Winter War!! :D
     
  5. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    What 19 bleeping 40! The War hadn't even started in 1940! :icon-mrgreenbandit:

    Of course it had. The end of the Phoney War had already happened! :p
     
  6. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    The Winter "War" doesn't count, everybody knows it was only the resettlement of the border line through less than peaceful means. :D


    Aaaaaanyway, I chose 1943 because this was the first time a large German offensive with all bells and whistles was stopped in its tracks (Zitadelle) and had its ass offered back on a plate courtesy of Operations Kutuzov and Rumyantsev. There!

    From then on the Germans were unable to employ any initiative at strategic or operational level, so the writing was on the wall was writ there and then. In any case whatever initiatives they did show (Ardennes II, Lake Balaton) were no more than total failures.
     
  7. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Total of 50 votes is mighty impressive. :)
     
  8. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Yeah well done mate. We should do some more polls!!!! :D
     
  9. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Yeah well done mate. We should do some more polls!!!! :D

    :lol::)
     
  10. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Nice to see the votes are still creeping in.

    If you haven't voted then please do. :)
     
  11. mikebatzel

    mikebatzel Dreadnaught

    I chose 1942. It was the year the Axis were began the slow decline to defeat. The Japanese were being beaten back on the Kokoda Track, lost at Midway, was stopped at Coral Sea, and the Solomon Islands Campaign began in the Pacific. In Africa, Rommell is stopped at El Alamien, Operation Torch, and the 8th Army is there. In Russia the Germans reach Stalingrad but the advance slows. All in all, this was the year things started looking better for the allies.
     
  12. Rob Dickers

    Rob Dickers 10th MEDIUM REGT RA

    I chose 44 because after the 21 of August, it was a mop up [high cost, albeit,] but the Bohemian Corporal was beaten!
    Semper Paratus
    phil

    Exactly, no contest.
    Rob
     
  13. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    2nd time round, and forced to pick a specific year it has to be

    1945

    Why? Victory over the Third reich, of course !
     
  14. tasker

    tasker Member

    1943 purely for the North Africa Campaign in which my uncle was kia.
     
  15. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Can I change my vote to 1940 ? :unsure:
     
  16. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Can I change my vote to 1940 ? :unsure:

    Why?
     
  17. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Because I'm getting hooked :)
     
  18. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Because I'm getting hooked :)

    Well it is the most interesting. ;)
     
  19. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Can I change my vote to 1940 ? :unsure:


    Can he mods?
     
  20. Pike

    Pike Senior Member

    I voted 1944 for D-Day,and the tough task of pushing the Germans backwards towards their pre-war frontier.
     

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